Power and impact and 32 new jobs

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A few thoughts on the value of teaching people about power >>> Sometimes it seems that our institutions and organizations have so busy doing polling, testing messages and asking for approval that we forgot what power is, how to build it, how to teach people to use it.

Over on LinkedIn (join me there, ok?) I wrote about how collecting data and gathering stories about organizational impact are important to organizational and sector resilience in the face of attacks and attempts to isolate nonprofits from the communities they serve.

One of the first things you tell people looking for a job is to frame experience, resumes and goals around specific impact and value. Don't just say "I was part of the campaign that passed a big bill in Congress."

Talk about how many people you reached, the money you raised, the product you built, the number of lives saved or acres or species that were protected.

This isn't because recruiters and hiring leads have some fascination with details. It's because people can connect to, see, and hold onto tangible stories. It makes sense of you, what you do, what you can do, why you do it.

Organizations, especially now, are going to need more stories, more data, more pictures and charts and video about the specific impact they're having on real people and places.

Bright Ideas

Smart, sometimes fun things from elsewhere.

• No, the President does not have the power to take away a nonprofit's tax status. Is it illegal? That seems unclear because it just isn't possible. But that doesn't mean a president uninterested in the law can't wreak havoc on organizations and the nonprofit sector in general.
• Read Five shifts required to design organizations for human excellence by Rachel Happe in Control is for Amateurs. I want to call out this line in particular: Power, generated by people coming together around a shared purpose, is generative and abundant.
• Don't mistake watching a great story of anti-fascist resistance (for $10 to $16/month) with the need for you to be part of the resistance right here, right now. Gita Jackson with a great look at Andor.
• News organizations can be so much more than impassive purveyors of journalism from nowhere. Koby Levin has the story of how Outlier Media spent months helping hundreds of Detroiters recover nearly $6 million of tax auction profits.
• Ana Marie Cox walks readers along the path that connects tech bros, AI, the radical right, the decline of Hollywood, and the enshittification of pop culture.

Future Community Jobs

Looks like 32 new jobs below. You'll find the full, updated and much longer list at Future Community Jobs.

Audience, content, journalism and news roles 🗞️

• Associate Director of Consumer Marketing – Subscription : Daily Beast [New York City]
• Director of Audience Engagement : Deep South Today [Remote in the US]
• Managing Editor and Operations Coordinator (two roles) : Jewish Currents [New York City]
• Regional Editor, Northeast Wisconsin : Wisconsin Watch [Northeast Wisconsin / Appleton / Green Bay / Fox Valley area]

Communications 🗣️

• Communications Manager : Women Moving Millions [New York City preferred]
• Digital Marketing Copywriter : Environmental Working Group [Washington, DC]
• Senior Director, Editorial : Pew Charitable Trusts [Washington, DC]
• Chief Communications Officer : Union of Concerned Scientists [Remote]

Myriad nonprofit roles. A multitude, really. ⚡

• Associate Director, Digital Strategy : Center for American Progress [Washington, DC]
• Vice President of Program Impact : Movement Labs [Remote]
• Culture Lab Program Director : Western States Center [Remote / OR, WA, ID, WY, and AZ preferred]
• Director, Digital Marketing and Platforms : Ocean Conservancy [Hybrid in Washington, DC or one of nine mostly coastal US states]
• Science and Policy Director : Heal the Bay [Santa Monica, CA]
• National Policy Director : American Farmland Trust [Washington, DC]
• Development and Communications Senior Manager : International Rivers [Remote]
• Associate Director/Director, Northern Sierra Headwaters Conservation : American Rivers [Nevada City, CA or nearby / Northern Sierras]
• Climate Organizing Director : Jobs with Justice San Francisco [San Francisco Bay area]

Fundraising and Development 💰

• Director of Development : Food and Environment Reporting Network [New York City]
• Community Giving Manager : Outlier Media [Detroit]
• Senior Officer, Philanthropy Partnerships : Climate Breakthrough [Remote / San Francisco or New York City preferred]
• Development Director : Heal the Bay [Santa Monica, CA]

Foundations and Philanthropy 💸

• Senior Program Associate : Rural Climate Partnership [Remote in the US]
• Director of Grantmaking and Capacity Building : Ms. Foundation for Women [Brooklyn]
• Chief Partnerships Officer : Water Foundation [Remote / West Coast US preferred]
• Director of Operations : Pisces Foundation [San Francisco]
• Chief Programme Officer : Climate Emergency Collaboration Group [Globally remote with preference for +6 hours EST]
• Strategy Fellow - Global Health and Well Being, Partnerships : Open Philanthropy [Remote/Global / San Francisco]

Agencies, politics, products, projects & more 💻

• Director of Client Success : Scale to Win [Remote in the US]
• Research Assistant : Possibility Lab at University of California [Berkeley, CA]
• Project Director : Third Sector Capital Partners [Remote in the US]
• Senior Accountant : Pocketbook Strategies [Remote in the US]
• Senior Content Writer : We Are Rally [Los Angeles / San Francisco / Seattle]

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